ZIP 19966 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 19966 in Sussex County, Delaware carries a composite property-distress score of 26/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (93/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (76/100). On the structural side it scores 58/100, with 4/100 of stress already active. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (61/100), structural risk (58/100), institutional ownership (17/100). institutional ownership (17/100) and mortgage stress (12/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.4% over the trailing year, and 14% higher over three years (phase confidence 30/100). Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

At $75,436, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. 82% of housing is owner-occupied. 34,892 residents call 19966 home, typically aged 53. Around 32% of renters are cost-burdened. Around 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 30/100. The poverty rate is 12.0%. The vacancy rate is 22.9% — elevated. The ZIP holds roughly 19,893 housing units. The typical home is worth about $317,500 (3.7× income, relatively affordable).

Taken together, 19966 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.